True Love is the ninth album by Pat Benatar

Pat Benatar

Pat Benatar is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner. She had considerable commercial success particularly in the United States...

. It is a jump blues

Jump blues

Jump blues is an up-tempo blues usually played by small groups and featuring horns. It was very popular in the 1940s, and the movement was a precursor to the arrival of rhythm and blues and rock and roll...

 record released in 1991. It peaked at #37 on the U.S. Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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. Pat Benatar recorded the album with Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher and the Roomful of Blues

Roomful of Blues

Roomful Of Blues is an American blues and swing revival big band based in Rhode Island. With a recording career that spans over 40 years, they have toured worldwide and recorded many albums. Roomful of Blues, according to The Chicago Sun-Times, “Swagger, sway and swing with energy and precision...

 horn section and drummer. The CD of the album included the seasonal standard "Please Come Home for Christmas" as a bonus track, which was released to the US Troops serving in the Gulf War

Gulf War

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, and was not included on foreign vinyl pressings of the album. The album is a combination of covers and original tracks. The album ended up selling over 339,000" copies with little radio airplay. Pat Benatar was the May artist of the month for VH-1 in 1991 in support of the album.

Track listing

1. "Bloodshot Eyes" (Hank Penny
   Hank Penny
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   , Ruth Hall; Copyright
   Copyright
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    Bienstock Publishing, Jerry Lieber Music & Mike Stoller Music-ASCAP) – 2:49
2. "Payin' The Cost To Be The Boss" (B. B. King
   B. B. King
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   ; Copyright Duchess Music Group & Sounds Of Lucille Inc., MCA Music-BMI
   Broadcast Music Incorporated
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   ) – 3:15
3. "So Long" (Remus Harris, Russ Morgan
   Russ Morgan
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   , Irving Melsher; Copyright Shapiro Bernstein-ASCAP) – 3:59
4. "I've Got Papers On You" (B. B. King, Jules Tawb; Copyright Sounds Of Lucille Inc & Powerforce Music-BMI) – 2:23
5. "I Feel Lucky" (Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher; Copyright Su-Pa Bota Music & Tyreach Music-ASCAP) – 4:31
6. "True Love" (Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar; Copyright Su-Pa Bota Music & Big Tooth Music & Chrysalis Music-ASCAP) – 4:42
7. "The Good Life" (Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher; Copyright Su-Pa Bota Music & Tyreach Music-ASCAP) – 4:11
8. "Evening" (Mitchell Parish
   Mitchell Parish
   Mitchell Parish was an American lyricist.-Early life:Parish was born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky to a Jewish family in Lithuania. His family emigrated to the United States, arriving on February 3, 1901 on the SS Dresden when he was less than a year old...
   
   , Harry White
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   ; Copyright Mills Music-ASCAP) – 3:43
9. "I Get Evil" (Albert King
   Albert King
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   ; Copyright Conrad Music Inc.-BMI) – 3:12
10. "Don't Happen No More" (Obie Jessie; Copyright Music Of The World & Argo Music Inc.-BMI) – 2:43
11. "Please Come Home For Christmas" (Gene Redd, Charles Brown
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    ; Copyright Carbert Music, Fort Knox
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     Music, Trio Music, Hudson Bay-BMI) – 3:09 (CD only bonus track)

Band

• Pat Benatar: Vocals
• Neil Giraldo: Guitars
• Charlie Giordano: Piano, Organ & Accordion
• Chuck Domanico
  Chuck Domanico
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  : Bass
• Myron Grombacher: Drums
• Lenny Castro
  Lenny Castro
  Lenny Castro is an American freelancing percussionist in the studio recording industry in the Los Angeles area.-Early life:Castro is a percussionist of Puerto Rican descent and was born and raised in New York City. His father, Hector Castro, played the keyboard in a Latin style and gave his son...
  
  : Percussion

Roomful Of Blues

• Greg Piccolo: Tenor Saxophone
  Tenor saxophone
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• Doug James: Baritone Saxophone
  Baritone saxophone
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• Rick Lataille: Alto Saxophone
  Alto saxophone
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• Carl Querfurth: Trombone
  Trombone
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• Bob Enos: Trumpet
  Trumpet
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• John Rossi: Drums
  Drum kit
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Production

• Produced by Neil Giraldo
• Recorded & Engineered By Gordon Fordyce; assistant engineer: Frank Linx
• Mixed By Ed Thacker, except tracks 4, 8 & bonus track (mixed by Gordon Fordyce & Frank Linx)
• Mastered By Stephen Marcussen